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Fred Baxter

Fred Baxter is in his second season as the Pride’s golf coach.  A 12-year veteran of the National Football League, he spent the 2010 campaign with the Cleveland Browns as part of the NFL’s Coaching Internship Program after working with the New England Patriots in the same capacity in 2006.  He also spent time as the offensive coordinator and special teams coach for Camden High School in 2009, the tight ends and special team coach for Camden Catholic High School in 2007 and as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Burlington County College in 2006. 

Baxter competed in the NFL with the New York Jets, the Chicago Bears, the New England Patriots and the Washington Redskins, earning a ring with the Patriots after the team won Super Bowl XXXVIII.  Baxter, who also is Widener’s golf coach, graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Education.